SE Texas Times

There were 59,261 students enrolled in Jefferson County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

At the time, Jefferson County had the 23rd largest enrollment in the state.

Data also showed that Black students made up 36.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Jefferson County schools, followed by Hispanic students at 36.5%, white students at 20.4%, Asian students at 3.4%, American Indian students at 0.5%, Pacific Islander students at 0.1% and multiracial students at 2.4%.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school district. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock stated in an interview.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Amelia Elementary School	544	539	-0.9%
Beaumont ISD Early College High School	299	316	5.7%
Beaumont United High School	2,131	2,071	-2.8%
Bingman PK	506	510	0.8%
Blanchette Elementary School	568	542	-4.6%
Bob Hope High School	526	551	4.8%
Bob Hope School	465	443	-4.7%
Bob Hope School - Elementary Campus	708	642	-9.3%
Bob Hope School Beaumont	614	602	-2%
Caldwood Elementary School	553	609	10.1%
Central Middle School	721	595	-17.5%
Charlton-Pollard Elementary School	508	507	-0.2%
China Elementary School	558	592	6.1%
Curtis Elementary School	492	555	12.8%
Dishman Elementary School	522	515	-1.3%
Dr. Mae E. Jones-Clark Elementary School	569	640	12.5%
Ehrhart School	529	520	-1.7%
Evolution Academy Beaumont	200	221	10.5%
Fehl-Price Elementary School	453	478	5.5%
Fletcher Elementary School	476	494	3.8%
Groves Middle School	608	637	4.8%
Guess Elementary School	699	721	3.1%
Hamshire-Fannett Elementary School	644	639	-0.8%
Hamshire-Fannett High School	635	620	-2.4%
Hamshire-Fannett Intermediate School	296	287	-3%
Hamshire-Fannett Middle School	490	502	2.4%
Harmony Science Academy- Beaumont	622	657	5.6%
Helena Park Elementary School	621	767	23.5%
Highland Park Elementary School	432	549	27.1%
Hillcrest Elementary School	576	701	21.7%
Homer Dr. Elementary School	399	483	21.1%
Houston Elementary School	728	748	2.7%
Jefferson Middle School	837	847	1.2%
Lakeview Elementary School	616	578	-6.2%
Lincoln Middle School	722	626	-13.3%
Marshall Middle School	711	665	-6.5%
Martin Elementary School	486	521	7.2%
Martin Luther King Middle School	480	502	4.6%
Memorial High School	2,116	2,068	-2.3%
Nederland High School	1,439	1,482	3%
Odom Middle School	709	802	13.1%
Pathways Learning Center	76	152	100%
Paul A. Brown Alternative Center	107	183	71%
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School	1,083	1,022	-5.6%
Port Acres Elementary School	479	514	7.3%
Port Neches Middle School	599	584	-2.5%
Port Neches-Groves High School	1,627	1,681	3.3%
Regina Howell Elementary School	682	762	11.7%
Sabine Pass School	370	358	-3.2%
Smith Middle School	475	407	-14.3%
Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams Elementary School	600	628	4.7%
Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies	179	211	17.9%
Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies	38	49	28.9%
Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies	52	58	11.5%
Travis Elementary School	535	523	-2.2%
Tyrrell Elementary School	701	699	-0.3%
Vincent Middle School	688	614	-10.8%
Vista Academy of Beaumont	216	198	-8.3%
Washington Elementary School	259	259	0%
West Brook Senior High School	2,245	2,185	-2.7%
Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs	365	365	0%
Wilson Middle School	812	640	-21.2%